Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

On 29/03/2010 16:26, MirJafar Ali wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org
> <mailto:ggravier at fsfe.org>> wrote:
> 
>     If things respond (you say mouse right button) then it could be a
>     graphics driver problem.
> 
>     Or simply some application grabbing control of the HID... have you tried
>     pressing the ALT, Control, Shift keys in various combinations to see if
>     it "unlocks" the display.
> 
>     Can you find some recurring pattern to what happens? Are you running a
>     specific application every time it happens? Does it happen if the
>     machine is idle (i.e. you are not touching anything)? Since you say 10
>     to 15 times a day, this means probably you just have to wait between 30
>     minutes and one hour to see if it happens directly.
> 
>     Gilles.
> 
>     On 29/03/2010 15:07, MirJafar Ali wrote:
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > I am sorry for writing such a vague e-mail without telling you the
>     > exact problems, because I lack
>     > the deep knowledge about Linux Operating System.
>     >
>     > I recently upgraded to Ubuntu-9.10 from 9.04 ( which are really good),
>     > but now my system hangs
>     > very frequently and the only way I can get to work is to shutdown and
>     > restart the computer. On
>     > an average it is 10-15 time a day. Upon hanging, I cann't type
>     > anything except the mouse right
>     > click works. I have to showdown the machine not using the system
>     > command but manually poweroff
>     > the machine.
>     >
>     > I am not quite sure how to pose the question properly which might help
>     > someone to pin-point the solution,
>     > also I am not sure whether my decision to upgrade was correct one. The
>     > feeling is similar to upgrading
>     > from windows XP to Vista and then repenting.
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks.
>     >
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> It happens very abruptly even when I am editing the text. Suddenly the
> system become inactive. I tried
> many times pressing all sorts of button, but in the impatient mode, I
> just switch off the machine and get
> it back working. It is frustrating to complain when I don't know what
> could be the problem. Yesterday,
> I got one message from the system saying, "your kernel is unstable,
> please restart the machine" and
> "please report this problem" something like that.
> 
> Sometimes, when we have some deadlines and these things happens, it
> creates too much frustration,
> 
> Please let me know what should I do ?
> 
> Mir
> 

Look at the other responses which have suggestions as well... they are
interesting options.

Gilles.